Plate Barding Armor

Plate Barding Armor
Availability
Introduced in	The Age of Kings
Civilization	See table
Age	Imperial Age
Research
Researched at	Blacksmith
Prerequisite(s)	Chain Barding Armor
Food	350
Gold	200
Research time	75 seconds
Effect
Cavalry armor +1/+2

Plate Barding Armor is a technology in Age of Empires II that can be researched at the Blacksmith once the Imperial Age is reached. Once researched, it increases cavalry armor and pierce armor by +1/+2.

Technology availability

Available	Unavailable
Berbers Britons Bulgarians Burgundians Burmese Byzantines Chinese Cumans Franks Huns Italians Khmer Lithuanians Magyars Malians Persians Portuguese Saracens Sicilians Slavs Spanish Tatars Teutons Turks Vietnamese	Aztecs Celts Ethiopians Goths Incas Indians Japanese Koreans Malay Mayans Mongols Vikings

Civilization bonuses

• Bulgarians: Plate Barding Armor costs 50% less food.
• Chinese: Plate Barding Armor is 20% cheaper.
• Portuguese: Researching Plate Barding Armor is 30% faster.
• Spanish: Plate Barding Armor costs no gold.

Team bonuses

• A team containing Bulgarians: Researching Plate Barding Armor is 80% faster.

History

“

Armor made of large metal plates was the best defense obtainable against missiles and hand weapons. It was stronger and absorbed more energy. Large sheets of hammered steel were fashioned to fit the body of the horse.

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Changelog

The Forgotten

• Indians: Can research Plate Barding Armor.

Definitive Edition'

• Indians: With update 42848, they can no longer research Plate Barding Armor.
• Bulgarians: Initially, Blacksmiths work 50% faster. With update 42848, Blacksmiths work 80% faster.
• Bulgarians: With update 42848, Blacksmith technologies cost 50% less food.
• Portuguese: With update 42848, all technologies are researched 30% faster.